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EU puts 9 airlines on blacklistThe European Union has publicly scolded Emirates, Turkish, Royal Air Maroc and six other airlines for persistently misleading customers on their websites. The EU’s “black list”, which also includes the likes of Aeroflot, Northwest and Intel to sustain EU budget?  The business world knew it was coming, but it still resounded loudly when the European Commission, in a bid to provide computer buyers with more choice, fined US computer chip maker Intel a record 1.06 Kroes’s vision of tomorrow for Intel, and others: Obey or Pay Anti-competitive practices are punished hard in times of crises, as witnessed by California-based company Intel. The leading chip-manufacturer was fined an unprecedented 1.06 billion Euro by the Commission which said it had abused its dominant Intel (too far) inside  American computer microprocessor chip maker Intel, which dominates the world market, might be choking on its own gagabytes pretty soon as it reportedly faces a possible new record one billion Euro (USD 1.33 billion) fine Super Mario as slippery as ever, gets reduced EU fine A European Court has reduced a multimillion-euro (dollar) fine imposed by EU officials on Nintendo after the Japanese maker of popular video game consoles and game cartridges such as Super Mario Bros agreed to cooperate EU lets Microsoft off the hook – a little The European Union has scaled back its monitoring of Microsoft in a case concerning the software giant’s publication of key communication codes, saying that the company’s good behaviour meant that full-time supervision was no longer France, Spain, now Italian car plan worries EU  The European Commission said it fears that an Italian plan to support the car industry could break EU rules, officials in Brussels said, just days after they raised similar concerns over French and Spanish schemes 1.5 bln Euro injection into Ethias allowed by Commission The European commission has approved the Belgian Government’s financial aid amounting to Euro 1.5 billion for the insurance and banking group Ethias on February 16. Corresponding with the Commission’s communication providing guidance on state aid EU probes Austrian Airlines “bargain” sale to Lufthansa  The European Commission has launched an investigation into claims that Germany’s Lufthansa may not be paying enough for Austrian Airlines in its bid to create Europe‘s largest carrier, in a deal in which the German Cartels never learn, EU raids power-cable makers The European Commission said it launched raids on unnamed companies producing high-voltage undersea cables, fearing that they are illegally fixing prices. Investigators raided the premises of a number of cable- makers between January 28 and EU says Slovakia breaches its competition rules The European Commission has ruled that a provision of the Slovak Competition Act the Commission found restrained the ability of the country’s competition authorities from implementing measures against anticompetitive practices must be amended. The opinion Competition and Conformity – Slovakia’s struggle In a recently written opinion issued by the European Commission to Slovakia, the European Commission has asked the republic to amend a provision of the Slovak Competition Act which is believed to have restrained the No hose job, EU fines cartel 131 million Euro The European Commission has slapped a 131 million Euro (USD 173 million) fine on five companies that contributed to higher petrol costs by fixing the price of marine hoses used to transfer crude oil to Commission targets Microsoft again  The European Commission on Friday late evening (Jan 16) confirmed that it is taking Microsoft to task again. The Commission filed fresh antitrust charges against Microsoft for abusing its dominant position by bundling Internet Explorer RWE signs USD 1.8 billion Bulgarian nuclear deal German energy giant RWE launched a joint venture with the Bulgarian NEK to develop the Balkan country's second nuclear power plant. The Essen-based company would invest 1.275 billion Euro (USD 1.84 billion) for a 49 Fortis sale could be downfall of Belgian PM Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme faced growing calls to quit after his office was accused of trying to influence a court ruling on the sale of the country's troubled Fortis bank reported Deutsche Presse Agentur Spanish banks concerned over losses to Madoff Several Spanish banks said on December 15 they could lose millions of Euro to the suspected scam committed by the Wall Street broker Madoff Securities, though analysts described the fall-out as minor in Spain. Experts Bargain basement petrol network for Hofer Customers of the Hofer discount supermarket chain will be able to gas-up on site beginning next year. Several Hofer supermarkets in Salzburg will open discount petrol stations run by Free Energy Trading GmbH (FE) in Erste Bank gobbles up Weinviertel Savings Bank Erste Bank has announced it acquired Weinviertel Savings Bank (Weinviertler Sparkasse). Erste Bank said in a press release it had signed a contract for purchase of a 99 percent interest in the savings bank and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s disaster recovery for Belgrade Stock Exchange On December 4, during the ministerial council of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), the foreign ministers of Luxembourg and Serbia signed a memorandum of cooperation on a project to develop a |
EU-Russia energy game EU budget: Naming and Shaming of Member States allowing fraud A message for Turkey: tear down Cyprus’ wall now! India says global warming is not to blame for Himalayan glacier melt A misled Merkel takes a swipe at GM over its Opel U-turn Lesbian Bisexual Gay and Transexual (LBGT) organisations across Europe cooperate under the umbrella of the International Lesbian and Gay Association This coming Thursday evening, November 19 during the “Last Supper,” the 27 heads of the EU Member States will decide The end of World War II found the United Kingdom winners, but literally bankrupt. The After months of networking, secret briefings, it seems that the candidates for the Council President In a meeting in Washington with the current Swedish Presidency of the European Union, US President Barack Obama said that As the United States and NATO have urged European countries to take a bigger role Europe must step up its efforts in Afghanistan if it wants to avoid straining relations Six months after they met in London and established a $1.1 trillion-dollar support package for As the first top British diplomat to visit Moscow in recent five years, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband wrapped up Despite French carmaker Renault’s earlier statement that it will not invest any more money in The United States and Russia on 9 November began another round of talks over nuclear Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the government will continue to adopt measures to better The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets, and the EU’s Chamber of Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas Just as the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China passed |
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